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To: James Strauss who wrote (35106)	11/12/2000 6:09:00 PM
From: zone_boundry	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

<<The fact that about 5% of the punch cards were thrown out in Florida and Illinois means that 5% of people who went to vote are not having their votes counted... To me, that's unacceptable>> I have heard that these totals include cases where the voter found the mistake immediately and requested a new ballot. If that is the case, it is not fair to assume that all of these are from voters that ultimately did not get to cast a valid vote. There is a lot of spin being put out on both sides and I am going to reserve judgement until the process is complete. On a different point, it seems to me that since the House and the Senate are so narrowly divided, that whoever ultimately becomes president will not get tax and spending plans they put forth in the campaign. Is this good news? Could the best scenario be that the two sides argue about how to spend the surplus for a few years and we can actually pay down some of the debt?